Speaker Profile

Jd Marhevko

Vice President, Quality and Lean,
Accuride Corporation

Jd Marhevko has served as Vice President of Quality and Lean for Accuride Corporation since April 2012, having joined the company as Vice President, Quality in January 2012. She has been involved in Operations and Quality/Lean/Six Sigma efforts across a variety of industries for more than 25 years. Extensively experienced in developing cost-effective and value-added quality and lean systems enterprise-wide, Marhevko has an impressive track record of success in aligning goals to drive process improvement and productivity.

Marhevko came to Accuride Corp. from Global Productivity Solutions and JQLC, Inc., where she served as Business Excellence Consultant. She previously held quality, performance and operations positions at SPX Test & Measurement, Eaton Global-Hose Division, Cincinnati Milacron, Cherry Automotive, and Robert Bosch Corporation.

Marhevko is an American Society of Quality (ASQ) Fellow, ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), an ASQ Certified Trainer for a variety of Quality Tools including Hoshin Kanri and Strategic Planning. She is the Immediate Past-Chair of the ASQ Quality Management Division (QMD) which has more than 23,000 global members.

Additionally, she is a certified Master Black Belt (MBB) from Allied Signal; has held various Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) Senior Assessor roles; and held a Quality Systems Auditor (QSA) certification from the International Register of Certified Auditors (London, England) for more than 10 years.
Marhevko earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Oakland University, and a Master of Science in Administration in Manufacturing Plant Management from Central Michigan University.

This session demonstrates how to develop, manage, and implement an effective quality Lean Management System (QLMS) steering committee. Attendees will observe the development of the key components of a steering committee. Several successful examples across various business types will be shared. Attendees will walk away with a model that they can apply to their own organizations.

Come celebrate the union of the PFMEA and the CP! See how the Dynamic Control Plan (DCP) combines both tools into ONE enabling the savings of hundreds of hours of Engineering time, reducing the risk of documentation errors, and, actually improving QMS effectiveness while reducing repetitious work. This session will show you how you can benefit from the DCP!

This session shows practitioners how to develop and create a Paynter Chart for predictive warranty management. Attendees will see how to actively utilize representative return data, observe the construction of a sample Paynter and then observe the results of the predictive analysis.